At What Price? : Conceptualizing and Measuring Cost-of-Living and Price Indexes.
by
Staff, National Research Council.
Title
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At What Price? : Conceptualizing and Measuring Cost-of-Living and Price Indexes.
Author
:
Staff, National Research Council.
ISBN
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9780309512176
Personal Author
:
Staff, National Research Council.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (348 pages)
Contents
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Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Foundations for Price and Cost-of-Living Indexes -- 3 Index Domain -- 4 Evolving Market Baskets: Adjusting Indexes to Account for Quality Change -- 5 New Goods and New Outlets -- 6 The Special Case of Medical Services -- 7 Index Design and Index Purpose -- 8 Whose Index? Aggregating Across Households -- 9 Data Collection for CPI Construction -- Appendix Statistical Definition and Estimation of Price Indexes -- References -- Glossary -- Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff -- Index.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Consumer price indexes -- United States.
Cost and standard of living -- United States -- Statistical methods.
Economic indicators -- United States.
Index numbers (Economics).
Prices -- United States -- Statistical methods.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Mackie, Christopher.
Schultze, Charles.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1317309-1001 | HB235 .U6 -- A86 2002 EB | Ebrary E-Books |